Record Exec Sues R&B Singer Gill Over Tweets

Law360, New York (August 12, 2011, 3:37 PM EDT) -- Johnny Gill, a member of the R&B group New Edition, was sued Thursday in California state court by the CEO of his record label, Notifi Music Group, who claims Gill libeled her on Twitter amid a dispute over one of his songs.

Ira DeWitt claims that after a new song by Gill was "anonymously leaked to the public" without her knowledge in July, Gill used his Twitter feed to make defamatory statements about her, including that DeWitt leaked the song herself.